Strainer for gasolene and other liquids and hydrocarbons.



. '1. A. SCHAUB.

' STR-AINER FOR GASOLENE AND OTHER LIQUIDS AND HYDROQARBONS.

I APPLICATION FILED DEC. 4.1915- 1,177,277; I Patented Mar. 28,1916.

I INVENTOR LAFAYETTE HILL, PEN SYLVANIA.

it deem AND HYnnocANBoNs. rs mm Patented rem-,ee, 191a 4,1915; StialNmBfifiGO.

ereto or suspended therein. Figs. at and 5 present sectional elevations of other embodimentsot my invention.

Similar numerals of reference indicate responding parts in thefigures.

Referring tothe drawings, 1 designates in ynovel construction of strainer for gase lene or other hydrocarbons and the like, the iiie comprising a cylinder or strainer body 201% line neshor gauze, which may be cylindrical oral, rectangular orother shape in cross section and has secured to its upper by any desired means an annular, an-

lar flanged ring 3 having the lateral mum To beijfor iiar-ige L and the depending flange 5,

aid ring being adapted to be seated on the threaded neck 6 of the gasolene tank '5'.

The lower end ot the strainer member 2 s securedin any suitable manner to the up- 75 per end ofra trap 8, the latter in its simplest embodiment comprising a tube 9 having: its

ower end closed, as indicated at 10. The

milari l manner of using my invention will be underb in" the ase] t stood from Fig. 3, the strainer being shown so as dropped into positionwithin the tank and tainedsuspended within the/tank by the Contact of the flange @with the top of the threaded neck 6, which is engaged by the j a it threaded cap or closure afterthe filling op: 55 jangupper 1 qeration is'conipleted The cap 11 having g and; ower Water been removed, and the gasolene or other hyn nterniediate straine drocarbon or liquid being introduced under l pressure orotherwise into the top of the strainer, any Water which may be entrained 9 in the'gasolene \i'illdrop to the bottom ot the trap 8 and assume the position indicatzd at .lZ While the lighter gasolene will occupy the space indicated at 13, and as the filling operation isi continued the Water entrained 9 t in the gasolcne will be trapped in the bottom of the trapywhile the lighter gasoh-ne fwvillflow through the side Walls ot the notice satisfactoi'y a strainer into the tankY, as indicated by the t tof'b I arrows in Fig 3 The gasolene ivhich isfed 100 or conducted "from the tank 7 to the carbureter in the usual way will therefore be freed lfrom'any water entrained therein as it will i be obvious that the trap 8 and its adjuncts can be made of anydesired size, according 10 to requirements,sothat as a result of the employment of my device, aricher and more efficient explosive charge will be produced for usein the enginecylinder.

present e s l e fing ring 31nd) be brazed or otherwise &-:e floured to the top of the st 111K181 body it in 2 I Y 1,177,277 I any suitable manner and that the upper exteriorly threaded ring 15, as seen in Fig. 5 tremity of the trap 8 may also be secured to so that after the strainer is screwed in posi the lower end of the strainer body 2.in any tion the closure or cap for the inlet of: the suitable manner. tank may be assembled to cover it. I 5 It will further beapparent that my de- It will be seen. from the foregoing that vice can be cheaply manufactured and in accordance with my present invention I quickly dropped into, position and suspended provide a strainer having its lower portion within any standard gasolene tank upon. provided with an imperforate bottom and the removal of the closure or screw cap 11 .imperforate side walls, in order to collect l0 therefrom, "the dimensions of'the laterally and trap any dirt, water or other foreign extending flange 4 being preferably such material, and the upper portidn of the dethat whenthe parts are in the. position seen vice is perforated or foraminous in order in Fig; 3, the screw cap 11 can be readily that the gasolene. may filter therethrough, screwed into place after the tank'is filled. it beingunderstood that in my present in- 15 By theemployment ofthe strainer body ventionthe gasolene is-introduced directly 2 and trap8 collocated in the manner deinto the straineriand thence through the scribed, it will be apparent that I make prosides of the upper portion thereof, as indivision not only for arresting any sediment catedby t earrows in Fig. 3. or impurities which may be in the gasolene I have, in the present instance, shown and and which cannot pass through the strainer described preferred embodiments, thereof body 2, but I also make provision for arrestwhich will give In practice satisfactory and ing in the trap 8 any water which maybe entrained in the gasolene, since the lighter that the same are susceptible of modification. gasolene will flow over the upper edges of in .various particulars without departing 2 5 the trap, as indicated in Fig. 3, whereby the from the spirit or scope of the invention or gasolene which is received in the tan-k7 will sacrificin any of its advantages.

be thoroughly strained and cleansed and Having thus described my invention, 8 will have anywater removed therefrom. what I claim as new and desire to secure by While I have designed my device par- Letters-Patent, is: ticularly for use in gasolene tanks,- it will 1. The combination witha gasolene tank be understood thatso far as the straining having an-lnlet andaneck surrounding it, operation is: concerned, the device maybe 0 a strainer lnsertlble through said inlet 8:

particularly effic ent in such cases as where andhav ng an annular ring connected to the liquid to be. strained is liable to be come. its upper walls and provided with a flange mingled with another liquid of a greater to seat on said neck, and a' closure for said specific gravity, which will cause said heavneckand' adapted to engage said ring to seier liquid to sink to the bottom of the trap 8. cure the strainer in position in the tank.

.40 It will be apparent that in the broad scope v2. The combination with a gasolene tank of my. invention. it is immaterial in what having aninlet and a neck surrounding it,

' manner the strainer is supported and the of 'a strainer insertible through said neck construction at the upper end of the strainer and having'its'lower walls and bottom imwill vary in accordance with the conditions perforate, and .its upper walls foraminous,

'45 and requirements met within practice. For and provided at its upper end with means example, the upper end of the strainer; may to engage saidneck, and a closure for said have the upper portion thereof folded or neck and engaging said means to secure the blentioovhr in any desired manner to form stramer. in position within the tank. w tie eat 14. v a 50 In some cases the inlet to the gasolene 'JOSLP H QH tank internally threaded and in such Witnesses: T

-' ic;asef'it'isadvantageous to provide the upper H. S. FAIRBANKS endof the strainer member 2 with. an 6X- C. D. MCVAY. 

